South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1966.
The seat had been held by the Bharatiya Janata Party for many years but in 2009 INC won this seat. The current Prime Minister Manmohan Singh once lost from the same constituency. Currently Ramesh Kumar of the INC is the MP representing the constituency.[1]
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From 1966-93, South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments:
From 1993-2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[2]
Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[3]
| Lok Sabha | Duration | Name of the Member | Party Affiliation |
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| Fourth | 1967-71 | Balraj Madhok | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | Shashi Bhushan | Indian National Congress |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | Vijay Kumar Malhotra | Janata Party |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | Charanjit Singh | Indian National Congress (I) |
| Eighth | 1984-85 | Lalit Maken | Indian National Congress |
| 1985-89 | Arjun Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | Madan Lal Khurana | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | Madan Lal Khurana | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | Sushma Swaraj | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Twelfth | 1998-99 | Sushma Swaraj | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Thirteenth | 1999–2004 | Vijay Kumar Malhotra | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Vijay Kumar Malhotra | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Fifteenth | 2009-Incumbent | Ramesh Kumar | Indian National Congress |
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